UCL CAREERS MEDIA WEEK Get into Broadcasting: TV, Film & Radio Wednesday 2nd December, 17.30 – 19.30 Kate Lamble – Assistant Producer, BBC World Service www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio While at UCL Kate started a Rare FM radio show on a whim, but it got slightly out of control and turned into a career. After deciding her degree in Speech and Language Therapy was a great backup plan, Kate has now experienced almost every aspect of speech radio as a newsreader, reporter, producer and presenter, working in community, local and national radio. Her documentaries have been broadcast on Radio 1, Radio 4 and the World Service and in 2013 she was named one of the Radio Academy’s 30 Under 30. Eduardo Leal – Account Director, Precious Media www.preciousmedia.net Eduardo has a keen role in Precious Media's business development and handles content strategy for global brands including Elite Models, Barclays and Johnnie Walker. Precious is a boutique content marketing agency and consultancy, developing and distributing international TV and digital projects for large multinational brands. Before joining Precious, Eduardo enjoyed a senior role with Brazilian broadcaster Globosat's Content Acquisitions team for six years - spearheading the team that managed business relations with the major Hollywood studios, the BBC and large sport federations. Eduardo holds a Masters in Management degree from UCL. Matt Pelly – Freelance Series Producer / Director / Cameraman www.mattpelly.com Matt has spent fifteen years working in British broadcasting and is now a freelance self-shooting Series Director. After a degree in Drama at Bristol University, he got a job as a runner on Bargain Hunt at BBC Bristol, then spent eight years as a staff researcher and assistant producer. He got his directing break on a biography of Stephen Poliakoff for BBC4's Timeshift strand. Matt took voluntary redundancy in 2008 to go freelance, and after a couple of years honing shooting skills on Wanted Down Under and Antiques Road Trip, gravitated towards observational documentaries. In 2014 his BBC2 Night Bus film won a Baftanomination for the Route Masters series. Since then he's worked mainly for Channel Four. Recent credits include 999 What's Your Emergency, The Complainers, Kid Criminals and Hunted. Anya Saunders – Lead Producer, BBC Digital Storytelling Team www.bbc.co.uk/makeitdigital Anya has been at the BBC for over 12 years and is currently the lead producer for the BBC Digital Storytelling Team. For the past couple of years she has specialised in producing content for online and has worked with some of the BBC's best loved shows like Doctor Who, EastEnders and Children in Need making digital and interactive content. Prior to that, Anya was a producer/director making factual TV programmes, including arts, current affairs and consumer shows like Watchdog, The Chelsea Flower Show and The Culture Show. Alexander Snelling – Director / Producer / Editor, Slack Alice Films www.slackalicefilms.com Alexander started work as an editor in Soho and won the East End Film Festival with his feature documentary Tantric Tourists. He has spent long periods as a promo producer and is truly one of the new breed of multi-skilled, new-media savvy all-rounders with clients ranging from Apple to independent music & event organisers. Alexander has edited for Julien Temple, The Sex Pistols, The Scissor Sisters and Alexander McQueen, has supervised workflow at the highest level for clients including the BBC, FIFA and Apple and has delivered this knowledge around the world as an Apple mentor trainer for Final Cut Pro. The panel will be chaired by Leiah Kwong, President of the UCLU Film & TV Society